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Roma Wines. 8 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:49,000 Those better tasting California wines enjoyed by more Americans than any other wine. 9 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,000 For friendly entertaining, for delightful dining. 10 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,000 Yes, right now, a glass full would be very pleasant, 11 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:01,000 as Roma Wines bring you Glen Ford in a remarkable tale of... 12 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Suspense. 13 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,000 For an automobile salesman, I have expensive habits. 14 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:15,000 I mean dames. It had been dames, dames, dames as long as I could remember. 15 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Ah, it's strictly murder. Also, it gets you definitely no place. 16 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:23,000 So this day I was, well, I was turning over a new leaf. 17 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Nothing on my mind but business. 18 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Pencil in my hand, a sheet of figures on the desk, 19 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:32,000 figuring out how to sell a million Excelsior 8s, make a billion dollars. 20 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,000 And someone tapped on the glass. 21 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,000 I didn't even look up, just the busy executive. 22 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,000 And of course again, now I looked up. 23 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,000 Am I disturbing you? 24 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,000 Was she disturbing me? 25 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,000 I got up in a trance and followed her across the showroom floor. 26 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,000 It seemed as though I'd never seen anyone walk like that before in all my life. 27 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,000 This is my husband, Mr. Ganlin. Mr. Evans, the sales manager. 28 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 How do you do, sir? 29 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,000 So she had a husband. 30 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,000 He was a little sourpuss runt with a limpy leg about twice her age, 31 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,000 dressed like a man. 32 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,000 The kind of doughy that you would buy Excelsior 8s by the dozens. 33 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,000 But I wasn't thinking about that now. I was thinking about her. 34 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 I was thinking that the best way to guarantee seeing her again 35 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,000 was to send them out that door in an Excelsior 8. 36 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,000 So I pasted on the big salesman smile, went to town. 37 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,000 Now, this is our customs line, Mr. Ganlin, distinctive in appearance. 38 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,000 You'll notice the three-tone color effect inside and out. 39 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,000 I'll post you the match, huh? 40 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,000 And the broad, graceful sweeping line. 41 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000 The thing of beauty. What's under the hood? 42 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 That's a question that I've been waiting for. 43 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Why the world-famous Excelsior motor, Mr. Ganlin. 44 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,000 Gan, please, I've never driven in an Excelsior. 45 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 Perhaps Mr. Evans would take us for a ride. 46 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Oh, now look here, Sylvia. Gan, please. 47 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,000 All right. It won't take a minute. 48 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Here. Try that rear seat, Mr. Ganlin. 49 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Find it broad and luxurious. 50 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,000 Now, Mrs. Ganlin, you'd care to sit up here in front? 51 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,000 You can see what it'll do. Thank you. 52 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Hey, you see how that handles, Mr. Ganlin? 53 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,000 It's like a baby carriage, huh? 54 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Well, keep your eyes on the road. 55 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,000 I turned the corner on two wheels. 56 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Explained about the minimum sway being on account of the stabilizers. 57 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 Well, I got a couple of grunts for that try. 58 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,000 In the mirror, I saw he'd closed his eyes. 59 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,000 So I turned to her. 60 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 I still didn't know if this deal was going to be too easy, 61 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,000 but one look at that look in those eyes, 62 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 and I began to have a rough idea. 63 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,000 What do they call you? Which they? 64 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Your friends. Speed. How about you? 65 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Sylvia, why the speed, Evans? 66 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,000 I like to get places. I like to go places. 67 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Eh, it's the same thing. 68 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Maybe you're right. Maybe we're both right. 69 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Maybe. Speed. Maybe. 70 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Maybe. 71 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,000 She'd asked Ford how to make that Excelsior turn somersaults. 72 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 As it was, I showed her some driving tricks 73 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000 that'd make your hair stand on end. 74 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,000 She loved them. Every once in a while, her eyes met mine 75 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,000 and clung there just long enough. 76 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,000 We knew, both of us, what I was selling, 77 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,000 and it wasn't an Excelsior. 78 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,000 I can have the car ready for delivery. 79 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,000 First thing in the morning, Mr. Ganlin, what do you say? 80 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Gan, please. 81 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Oh, all right, Sylvia, all right. 82 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Now if you'll just sign the order. 83 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 I want it now, and I pay cash. 84 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,000 That's fine, Mr. Ganlin. That's just fine. 85 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,000 I think you'll find the desk in my office the most convenient. 86 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Is that your office there? 87 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,000 Yes, that's right, Mr. Ganlin. 88 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,000 I'll collect all the necessary papers 89 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,000 while you're making out the check. 90 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 All right, all right. 91 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,000 How did you like it? 92 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,000 Like what? 93 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 The car, for a start. 94 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 I love it. 95 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:07,000 You better drive in for a service check as soon as you can. 96 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,000 When? 97 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Tomorrow? 98 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,000 Tomorrow. 99 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,000 You suppose you could manage to be alone? 100 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Yes, I'll be alone. 101 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 She came in the next morning. 102 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 She was alone. 103 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 Well, from that day, we went places. 104 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 We went there fast. 105 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,000 But this was, well, it was different. 106 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,000 She was different, different from anything I'd ever known before. 107 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,000 And in less than two weeks, I knew I didn't care about husbands 108 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,000 or Excelsior rates or even a million dollars. 109 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,000 All I cared about was her. 110 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,000 And I was going to be a good husband. 111 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,000 I was going to be a good husband. 112 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 I was going to be a good husband. 113 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 All I cared about was her. 114 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,000 And it was the same with her most of the time. 115 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,000 That was what was tearing me up. 116 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,000 The way it was other times. 117 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Standoffish, scared. 118 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,000 I was screwy. I didn't get it. 119 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Well, one day we were down at the beach, as usual lately. 120 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 We were arguing about it. 121 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Oh, please, Speed, don't. 122 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 What's the matter with Reno? 123 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,000 We've got to do something about it some day, haven't we? 124 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Yes, yes. 125 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,000 Well, that's what they got Reno for. 126 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,000 He'll come after me. 127 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,000 Speed, I want to run along the beach. 128 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Come on. 129 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,000 Hey, it's 33. 130 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,000 I'm too old for this stuff. 131 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Hey, wait a minute. Anyway, look, look. 132 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Speed, you've got to learn to relax. 133 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,000 I lost my roller skates. 134 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,000 I'll get you another pair. 135 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,000 I don't need skates. 136 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Yes, you do. 137 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,000 All right, Sylvia, look, listen, Sylvia, 138 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,000 cut out the horseplay and quit stalling. 139 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,000 I want a decision. One way or another now. 140 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Oh, darling, now you're angry. 141 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,000 You want to leave him, but you won't. 142 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Oh, but I will, darling. 143 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,000 Speed, you see, there's so many things. 144 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,000 They're all complicated and mixed up. 145 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,000 First, there's my father. 146 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 What about him? 147 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Well, you see, my father and Ganon were 148 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 mining partners in a little town called Phoebe, Arizona. 149 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:01,000 And then there was a cave in and my father was killed. 150 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Oh, he was such a wonderful man. 151 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,000 We were so terribly close. 152 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,000 It's tough, baby. 153 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000 Sometimes it's almost as though we were alive. 154 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:13,000 I see him, Speed, in dreams every so often. 155 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,000 I hear him speak. 156 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,000 It was ten years ago. 157 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,000 What's all this got to do with you and Ganon? 158 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,000 Stop it! Stop touching me! Can't you just leave me alone? 159 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Leave me alone! 160 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,000 Okay, okay, if that's what you want. 161 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Oh, no. Speed, don't. 162 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,000 Look, look, baby, I don't know about you, 163 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,000 but I'm leaving town tonight. 164 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,000 I can't take this any longer. 165 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000 I'm going back now, quit my job and draw my three bucks 166 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,000 out of the bank and pack a bag. 167 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,000 I'll be back tonight with you or without you. 168 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Oh, no, Speed, you can't. You can't go without me. 169 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,000 Well, that's up to you, baby. 170 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,000 I'm afraid. I don't know. 171 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Well, we'll worry about that later. What about it? 172 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,000 All right. All right, I'll go. 173 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,000 I was to meet her at the usual place at eight o'clock. 174 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,000 I was on time, but even before I got there, 175 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,000 I realized she'd never show up. 176 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,000 I waited an hour and then I crossed the street 177 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:10,000 to the apartment where they lived, the seventh floor, 707. 178 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,000 She must have been hanging around the door 179 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,000 because it opened almost at once. 180 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000 She came out in the hall, closed it behind her. 181 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,000 She was scared to death. Speed, you've got to get away. 182 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Right away. Not without you, baby. 183 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,000 No, listen, listen to me, Speed. 184 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,000 I lied to you this afternoon. No kidding. 185 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:31,000 I mean, about my father. He wasn't just killed in a cave. 186 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,000 He was murdered. 187 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,000 So you married Galin to kind of show your appreciation. 188 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,000 Yes, I mean... 189 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,000 You look, you don't make sense, baby. Come on, we're going inside. 190 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,000 No, Speed, no. 191 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,000 We're going to settle this once and for all now. 192 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,000 In the living room, Galin was lying on the couch 193 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,000 with his shoes off, his feet propped up. 194 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,000 In a chair opposite was a young punk in a tan overcoat 195 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,000 who looked like he took the wrong kind of nose drops 196 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,000 when he needed courage. 197 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,000 He let it be known fairly obvious that he had a gun in his pocket. 198 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Galin didn't even get up. 199 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:09,000 Well, Mr. Evans, this is an unexpected pleasure. 200 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,000 I'm afraid it's no pleasure either way. 201 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:16,000 I've come to tell you that your wife is leaving you with me. 202 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Oh, is she? 203 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,000 What about it, Sylvia? 204 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,000 You don't seem to have entirely convinced her, Mr. Evans. 205 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,000 Listen, I don't know exactly what goes on here. 206 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 But I do know that she's headed straight for a crack-up 207 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,000 and that you're at the bottom of it, so she's leaving tonight. 208 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,000 Go on, Sylvia, get your things. 209 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,000 All right. 210 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,000 Mr. Evans, I'm not sure you fully appreciate 211 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,000 the penalties of stealing a man's wife. 212 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,000 There's divorce courts to handle that, 213 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,000 besides other ways if you're big enough. 214 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Well, since you've brought up the question of superior force. 215 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,000 All right, Zeke, take him. 216 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Okay, put him up. 217 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,000 Hi, funny face. 218 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,000 Gunsles with guns you have, huh? 219 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,000 Sometimes they come in handy, Mr. Evans. 220 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,000 Come on, start walking. 221 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,000 Any particular direction? 222 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,000 Yeah, outside. 223 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,000 All right. 224 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,000 All right, you win, Mr. Ganlin. 225 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,000 Take him out and kick him down the stairs, Zeke. 226 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 Kick him. 227 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,000 The punk was plenty shaky, 228 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,000 and he had the gun jammed right in my back. 229 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,000 That's not smart if your guy knows a little judo. 230 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,000 I made a quick half turn and fired, but not soon enough. 231 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,000 I had broken his arm before he could fire again. 232 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 The gun scooted across the floor somewhere, 233 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,000 and I was thinking as lucky they soundproofed these fancy apartments. 234 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,000 Then it started going off again. 235 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,000 I whirled around to see Sylvia with a gun in her hand, 236 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,000 stalking Ganlin like a tigress. 237 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,000 He was cowering behind the furniture, 238 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 and she was moving around trying to get a clear shot at him. 239 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,000 It took me one good leap to get over there and knock her out cold. 240 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,000 There was a bowl of water, some flowers on the table. 241 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:46,000 I threw the flowers on the floor, threw the water on Sylvia. 242 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,000 She opened her eyes, looked around. 243 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Oh, Speed, why did you do it? 244 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Maybe when you get better at it, they're liable to call it murder. 245 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:08,000 MUSIC 246 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:13,000 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Glenn Ford in End of the Road, 247 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Roma Wines presentation tonight in radio's outstanding theater thrills, Suspense. 248 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:26,000 MUSIC 249 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Between the acts of Suspense, this is Ken Niles for Roma Wines. 250 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Whenever you want dinner to be outstanding, 251 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,000 whenever the occasion calls for the magic touch that changes a meal 252 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 into gracious, satisfying dining, 253 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:43,000 enrich your table with a delicious Roma California wine. 254 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,000 With tender, juicy steak or oven-brown roast, 255 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:51,000 enjoy the tantalizing taste harmonies of red, robust Roma Burgundy. 256 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:55,000 Or bring out the exquisite hidden flavors in fish or fowl 257 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,000 with pale gold delicate Roma Sauternes. 258 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:02,000 And remember, all Roma wines taste better 259 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,000 because Roma begins with choicest grapes. 260 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,000 Then with unmatched skill and resources, 261 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Roma guides these naturally finer grapes unhurriedly to tempting taste perfection. 262 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:20,000 Later, Roma places this luscious grape treasure with Roma wines of years before, 263 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:26,000 and finally Roma selects from the world's greatest wine reserves for your pleasure. 264 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:32,000 With your dinner tomorrow, enjoy better tasting Roma wines. 265 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:38,000 That's R-O-M-A, Roma, the greatest name in wine. 266 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:42,000 And now, Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood sound stage, 267 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:48,000 John Ford as Speed Evans, with Kathy Lewis as Sylvia Ganlin in End of the Road, 268 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:53,000 a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 269 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,000 After the gunplay, I thought it would be easy. 270 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,000 But when I tried to get her down to the car, she clawed like a wildcat. 271 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,000 I had to clip her again. 272 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 It was a battle all the way across town 273 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,000 till we got to barreling along Highway 99. 274 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,000 She knew she'd break her neck if she tried to jump. 275 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,000 And all of a sudden she... 276 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,000 She just went to sleep. 277 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,000 I looked over at her sleeping there in the corner, 278 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,000 rolled up like a kitten and as innocent as a baby. 279 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:24,000 And I knew I was for it if it killed me. 280 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,000 I'd just have to do the best I could. 281 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,000 We'd passed Bakersfield, 282 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,000 and I was headed up over the Tehachapi Mountains before she woke up. 283 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,000 It was morning. 284 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,000 Oh. Oh. 285 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,000 Hello, darling. 286 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,000 Feeling any better, baby? 287 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Oh, yes. 288 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:47,000 I had such a wonderful dream. 289 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,000 I was a little girl again. 290 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,000 And I was with my father, 291 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:57,000 and he was rowing across a lake. 292 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,000 And then... 293 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,000 Then what? 294 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Speed. 295 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,000 I lied to you about Ganlin. 296 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,000 He didn't kill my father. 297 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,000 I was wicked to say that, wasn't I? 298 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:14,000 Oh, you're just a little mixed up, that's all. 299 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,000 Speed. Yeah? 300 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,000 Where are we going? 301 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,000 We're going to your hometown, baby. Phoebe, Arizona. 302 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,000 Oh. You like the idea? 303 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,000 I suppose so. Why? 304 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,000 Look, baby, I'm no psychiatrist, 305 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,000 but something happened back there when you were a kid. 306 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,000 Something to do with the death of your father. 307 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,000 It's had you on the merry-go-round ever since. 308 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,000 So much so that about nine hours ago you tried to kill a man. 309 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,000 I said I was sorry about that, Speed. 310 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,000 Sure, sure, but if you and I are going to make a go at this, 311 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,000 I think we ought to do something more besides just saying we feel sorry, don't you? 312 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:50,000 You make it sound as though you thought I was going to go around killing people for the rest of my life. 313 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,000 All I say is that you're not... 314 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Well, you're not going to be very happy until we know the facts about this thing, 315 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,000 whatever they are, until you've faced the facts, 316 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:01,000 and from then on we can forget it. 317 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,000 Speed. Yeah? 318 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,000 I'm terribly hungry, aren't you? 319 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,000 Yeah, I... 320 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,000 I could do with a little something. 321 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Look, there's a place up ahead. 322 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Oh, okay. 323 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Bus just pulled in. 324 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,000 Yeah, it's one of the regular stops here. 325 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:24,000 Speed, kiss me. 326 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,000 How's that? 327 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,000 Oh, that's wonderful. 328 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,000 All right, let's go, huh? 329 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,000 I owed a lot of people. 330 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,000 Ah, those big buses that hold a lot of people, baby. 331 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Help! Help! I'm being kidnapped! 332 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:40,000 Come here. 333 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Help me! Help! 334 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 It's all right. It's all right. She's my wife. 335 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,000 Hey, what's going on here? 336 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,000 I'm not. I'm not. I've never seen him before in my life. 337 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,000 I'm being kidnapped. 338 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:50,000 He hit her! 339 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,000 Hey, that's no way to treat even your wife, mister. 340 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,000 All right, if you must know, she's crazy. 341 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,000 She's my wife, but she's hopelessly insane. 342 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:01,000 But I don't care! 343 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,000 About five minutes later, she snapped out of it. 344 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,000 You'd think nothing at all had happened, 345 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,000 but I wasn't taking any more chances. 346 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,000 I took to the side roads wherever I could, 347 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 figuring the cops would be on my tail any minute, 348 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,000 so we didn't cross the state line until after midnight. 349 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:22,000 That was next morning when I kicked it out of gear at Phoebe, Arizona. 350 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,000 There was only one hotel we registered, 351 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,000 the Joining Room. 352 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,000 All the time, I was watching her like a hawk. 353 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,000 I didn't need to. 354 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,000 Now that we were there, she... 355 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,000 I don't know, she seemed glad. 356 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,000 Now we'd been in our rooms about five minutes when the phone rang. 357 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,000 Hello. 358 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 Mr. Evans? 359 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,000 Yeah? 360 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,000 Just a moment, Mr. Evans. 361 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:49,000 Mr. Evans, this is San Francisco, operator 23. 362 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,000 We've got a long-distance call for you. 363 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,000 San Francisco? 364 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,000 Yes, sir. We've been trying to reach you all night. 365 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,000 Shall I put your party on now? 366 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,000 All right, go ahead. 367 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,000 Hello. Evans? 368 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,000 Yeah? 369 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,000 This is Ganlon. 370 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:10,000 You must have a private eye on your payroll, too. 371 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,000 I know you're an intelligent man, Evans, 372 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,000 whatever else you may be. 373 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,000 I knew where you'd go, but I want to tell you something. 374 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000 You're getting in deep water, 375 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,000 deeper than you know anything about. 376 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,000 Deep while drowned, huh? All right, maybe I will. 377 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,000 But I'm still wading in. 378 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,000 I'm coming down there, Evans. 379 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000 In the meantime, keep quiet and keep her quiet. 380 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 And keep your nose out of things. 381 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,000 What's that supposed to be? A threat? 382 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,000 I'm not threatening you, I'm telling you. 383 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,000 For your own good. 384 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,000 It was Ganlon, wasn't it? 385 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:45,000 Yeah, yeah, he called to give us his blessing. 386 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,000 He's coming down, too, isn't he? 387 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,000 Maybe. 388 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,000 I'm glad, Speed. You just can't know how glad I am. 389 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:56,000 Yeah, that's gonna be real cozy, just the three of us. 390 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,000 You've been cruel to me, Speed. 391 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,000 Who, me? 392 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000 I've forgiven you, though, you know that. 393 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,000 Well, sure, baby. 394 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,000 I just didn't understand at first, but I understand now. 395 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,000 Why you brought me here, I mean. 396 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,000 You're going to find proof that Gan killed my father. 397 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000 I'll work on that. 398 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,000 I can tell you exactly how it happened. 399 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,000 You said yesterday you were lying. 400 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,000 You try to confuse me, Speed. Do you want to know or don't you? 401 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Sure, let's have it. 402 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,000 Well, my father and Gan were tunneling a new shaft inside of the mountain. 403 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,000 They were working alone that day. 404 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:34,000 They'd set a dynamite charge inside the shaft with wires out to the ignition box. 405 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:38,000 The box worked with a plunger, but when my father pushed it down, 406 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:41,000 the dynamite didn't go off. 407 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,000 He went back inside to find the trouble. 408 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,000 While he was in there, Gan pushed down the plunger again. 409 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:51,000 My father was blown to bits. 410 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,000 Just like that, huh? 411 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,000 Don't you believe me? 412 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,000 Hmm. 413 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,000 Like I say, I'll work on it. 414 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,000 They'll hang him, won't they? 415 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:03,000 Hang who? 416 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,000 Ganlin, they'll hang him when you find proof. 417 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,000 If he's guilty, they'll hang him. 418 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 You'll prove it, darling. 419 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:13,000 Promise me you will so they can arrest him when he arrives. 420 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,000 You'll do it for your baby, I know. 421 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,000 Kiss me, darling. 422 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,000 How's that? 423 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,000 Oh, that's wonderful. 424 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,000 That's all I care about. 425 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,000 That and seeing Ganlin hanged. 426 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,000 She went to sleep then, just as peaceful as you please, 427 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,000 dreaming of Ganlin with a rope around his neck. 428 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Well, I found the thing they call the City Hall. 429 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,000 I asked to see records on her old man's death. 430 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Well, they hemmed in a hot sum, and then it came out 431 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000 that half the town was burned down a few years back. 432 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,000 The records went up with it. 433 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,000 They finally suggested I see an old timer named Konski 434 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,000 who had been her father's mind-former 435 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,000 at one time or another. 436 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,000 I did. He was already waiting for me. 437 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,000 He seemed to know what I was after. 438 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,000 He was all primed with the answers. 439 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,000 Sure I know, Sylvia. 440 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,000 Sweetest, prettiest little kid I ever see all my life. 441 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,000 And of course you knew her father. 442 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 Sure I knew. 443 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:19,000 I guess Sylvia must have been pretty fond of him. 444 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Sure, she was crazy about him. 445 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Well, wasn't she? 446 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Maybe. But if she was, she was the only one in this town 447 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 wasn't glad to see him die. 448 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,000 Look, you don't have to be cagey with me. 449 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,000 I'm trying to help Sylvia. 450 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000 All right. You know what this best thing you can do? 451 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,000 What? 452 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:41,000 Get out of town before you make plenty trouble. 453 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,000 That was that. 454 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,000 The next stop was the office of the weekly paper 455 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,000 owned, published, printed and peddled by one guy, 456 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,000 a guy named McLean. 457 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,000 He seemed to know all about my business too, 458 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,000 had the files all laid out for me. 459 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,000 Why don't you lay off it, Evans? 460 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,000 It's ten years old, dead and buried. 461 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,000 Mind if I look at your files? 462 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,000 Sure, sure. Go ahead. You can see what it says. 463 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Mind disaster, premature explosion, accidental death. 464 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,000 Any chance it wasn't accidental? 465 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:05,000 What do you mean? 466 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,000 Any chance it gallanted it? 467 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,000 Not a chance. 468 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,000 You seem pretty sure. 469 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,000 You ever notice that gippy leg of his? 470 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,000 Yeah. 471 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,000 Well, that's how he got it. 472 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,000 He was in the mine when it happened. 473 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,000 I was getting no place fast, only a suspicion 474 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,000 and not a very comfortable one. 475 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,000 I hadn't the faintest idea where to go from here. 476 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,000 And I thought of the doctor. 477 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 There had to be a doctor sign a death certificate. 478 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Well, I found out who he was, dug him up 479 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000 and he looked like the worst bed of the bunch. 480 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000 He was half wacky from the effects of age 481 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000 and a misspent life, nothing left but his dignity. 482 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,000 And the collection of photographs that he insisted on talking about 483 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,000 until I wanted to smack him. 484 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,000 Yes, it was my hobby before my eyes went back on me, 485 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,000 but those you see on the wall are only a few. 486 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,000 Ah, here, here. 487 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Take a look at some of these. 488 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Who are all you people covering up for, Doc? 489 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 I beg your pardon? 490 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,000 You heard me. 491 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 Young man, you realize that what you've just said 492 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:03,000 constitutes the most serious slur on my professional reputation. 493 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,000 Oh, nuts. 494 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 Look, I'm trying to help a girl that I'm in love with. 495 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,000 Can't anybody understand that? 496 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,000 Take this one, for instance. 497 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Notice the contrasts, the light and shadow. 498 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,000 I don't suppose you understand the meaning 499 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,000 of the term traumatic experience. 500 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 No, I thought not. 501 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,000 The psychic structure of the personality 502 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,000 is a very delicate mechanism. 503 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,000 For instance, in the case of Sylvia. 504 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,000 Now, take her to a competent man in the field, Mr. Evans. 505 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000 I no longer handle such cases. 506 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,000 That's not what I came to you for, and you know it. 507 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,000 I'm afraid I can't help you. 508 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,000 Retired some time ago, you see. 509 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:44,000 Now, look at some of these. 510 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,000 They're older, of course, 511 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000 but there's still some very good ones among them. 512 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,000 Look, Doc, I don't want to look at pictures. 513 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,000 All I want... 514 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,000 Oh, we found one you like, eh? 515 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,000 I knew you'd... 516 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,000 It has a date on it. July 14, 1935. 517 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,000 That mean anything to you? 518 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,000 Is that the stalagmite encrustation? 519 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,000 If so, it's... 520 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,000 I don't know, it's just some rocks 521 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,000 and a hole in the mountain to me, 522 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 but that date is the date that Sylvia's father was killed. 523 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,000 Give it to me, give it to me. 524 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,000 No, no, you don't. 525 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,000 I'm afraid you're torn to dust. 526 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,000 Give it back to me, I said. 527 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,000 Yeah, but the part I got is still enough 528 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,000 to show who killed him. 529 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 I started back for the hotel, 530 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,000 but I didn't feel so good. 531 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,000 I didn't feel good at all. 532 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,000 I asked at the desk if Gannan had arrived, 533 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000 but he hadn't, 534 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,000 so I went on up to Sylvia's room. 535 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,000 She was sitting at the dressing table, 536 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,000 making up her face. 537 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 She looked up at me in the mirror. 538 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,000 You know, 539 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 I can tell by your eyes, you know. 540 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,000 Yes, baby, I know. 541 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Then they'll hang him, won't they? 542 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Gannan? 543 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,000 No, baby, he's in the clear. 544 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,000 But he isn't! 545 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,000 He can't be! 546 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,000 He murdered my father, I know he did! 547 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,000 You're lying to me, Speed. 548 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,000 Take it easy, baby. 549 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,000 It's gonna be all right. 550 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Just let's get it over with, 551 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 and then we can forget it, huh? 552 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 Get what over with? 553 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,000 You're acting so funny, darling. 554 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,000 Take a look at this picture. 555 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,000 Hmm? 556 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:13,000 Oh, well, that's me, isn't it? 557 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,000 When I was a little girl. 558 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,000 I'm awfully far away, 559 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,000 but I'd still know it's me. 560 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,000 With this smoke. 561 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,000 Don't you remember? 562 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000 Please, Speed, my head's hurting. 563 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,000 Don't... 564 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,000 Try to remember. 565 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,000 You're tormenting me. 566 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,000 You're trying to hurt me. 567 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,000 That smoke is the explosion, isn't it? 568 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,000 I don't know. I don't know! 569 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,000 You pushed the plunger. 570 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:34,000 I don't know. 571 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,000 Remember while your father was inside the shaft. 572 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,000 I don't know. 573 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,000 Remember? 574 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,000 Yes! 575 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Yes, I killed him! 576 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000 All right. 577 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,000 All right, baby, that's all there is to it. 578 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000 You can forget. 579 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,000 I hated him. 580 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000 It's all I live for. 581 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 It's all I ever dreamed of. 582 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,000 See his face bloody and battered. 583 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,000 See his body mangled and dirty. 584 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,000 I hated him. 585 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,000 I hate you! 586 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,000 I hate all men! 587 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,000 If I could kill every man in the world! 588 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,000 Where did you get that gun, baby? 589 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000 Out of your overcoat. 590 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,000 Yeah, better put it down. 591 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:19,000 I tried to kill Ganlin because he knew. 592 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 Now you know. 593 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,000 Put it down. 594 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,000 It's too late, Speed. 595 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Goodbye, darling. 596 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,000 Listen, it's all over now. 597 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,000 You were only a kid. 598 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,000 I know how he treated you. 599 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,000 The whole town covered up for you. 600 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,000 They're still covering. 601 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,000 Goodbye. 602 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,000 When the door flew open, I ducked. 603 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,000 And then the shots came. 604 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,000 When I looked around, Ganlin was lying on the open door. 605 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,000 The gun still in his hand. 606 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,000 He walked right into it. 607 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,000 He must have got in one shot, though. 608 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,000 That was enough. 609 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,000 She was still breathing when I got to her. 610 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,000 But that was about all. 611 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,000 Oh. 612 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,000 It's... 613 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 It's all right now. 614 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,000 Isn't it, darling? 615 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,000 Sure, sure, baby. 616 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,000 Everything's gonna be all right. 617 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,000 Kiss me. 618 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,000 Yeah. 619 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,000 How's that? 620 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,000 Oh, that's wonderful. 621 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:22,000 But I wasn't so lucky this time, was I? 622 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,000 Not...not too lucky. 623 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,000 I didn't miss. 624 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,000 No, baby. 625 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,000 You didn't miss. 626 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,000 Well, any time you want to buy an Excelsior A, 627 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:47,000 just come on in and see old Speed Evans. 628 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,000 No, I won't tell you my troubles. 629 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,000 Dames, that's my trouble. 630 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:55,000 It's been dames, dames, dames as long as I can remember. 631 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,000 Ah, it's too bad, though. 632 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:14,000 We'd have probably had a couple of kids by now. 633 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000 Suspense. 634 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,000 Presented by Roma Wines. 635 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,000 R-O-M-A. 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